[blml] ABF seminar - Law 27C

[Stefanie Rohan]

{SR}
>> Also the 1H response normally promises diamonds no
>> longer than hearts, information that is not normally incorporated
>> into the
>> negative double.
>
{EL}
> I suppose it's a legitimate question of interpretation whether the
> "information" in L27C1 includes those troublesome "negative
> inferences".

OK, well, the inference in question does not have to be a negative one. It 
can be a positive one -- eg hearts is my longer red suit, unless (certain 
point range where equal or longer diamonds may be bypassed.

>But ISTM that if we go down that road, we will discover
> that L27C1 will almost never apply.

This is probably for the best.

Stefanie Rohan
London, England